Department of Sociology and Population Studies - Events

SKILL CERTIFICATE COURSE WORKSHOP ON “RESEARCH METHODS & SPSS 
ON 01-07 FEBRUARY 2021 THROUGH ONLINE MODE 

ABOUT THE SPSS WORKSHOP

The Department of Sociology and Population Studies conducted a seven day online workshop and skill certificate course on “RESEARCH METHODS & SPSS” funded by RUSA 2.0 of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. The purpose of the online workshop was on enriching the quality of the research to be achieved, whereby SPSS plays an important role in providing insight into various research methods, tools and techniques, with a high quality of accuracy. The programme was initiated by Prof. S. Sampath Kumar and Dr. N.R.Suresh Babu and were the principal investigators of the programme. The Skill development Programme was scheduled for 7 days with 18 sessions covering various topics under the research methodology.

Conferences

• Professor N.R Suresh Babuorganised an academic “Workshop on data analytics” on 26th March 2018 at the Department of Sociology & Population Studies,  Bharathiar University. The workshop was honoured by two invited resource persons, and 70 delegates participated from various institutions. 
• Professor N.R Suresh Babu hosted two days National Conference on the topic “Social Exclusion and Inclusion in India: Perspectives and Challenges" funded by UGC on 13-14 February 2014 at Department of Sociology & Population Studies,  Bharathiar University. Three invited lectures were delivered and 69  delegates participated from various institutions within the state. 

Lecture Series 
The purpose of the Lecture Series is to share the vast and interesting knowledge of various faculty members to students, while providing a sense of community, allowing the opportunity for faculty as well as the studentsfrom various disciplines to gather, and providing the chance to learn about other disciplines. 

• Nationalism without a Nation, by Dr.AjithKanna, Professor, Centre for French and Francophone Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi was held on 20th October, 2017, in Nachimuthu Hall, Bharathiar University. The lecture focused on the plurality of Indian culture and multiple cultural identities versus the national identity of “oneness”. 
• Ecology & Society and Phenomenology by Dr. G.S. Suresh Babu, Assistant Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi was carried on 13 -14 December,2017 in Seminar Hall, Department of Social Work, Bharathiar University. The two days lecture sessions began with the topic of “Climate Change as a Social Ecology Concept and How It Supports EmileDurkhiem’s Social Fact” and the second day lecture was on “Phenomenology”, where he connected both the lecture from the perspective of sociological theories.
• “Question of Gender Empowerment Revisited from 1995 Beijing” by Dr.IshitaMukhopadhyay, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, West Bengal on 10th January, 2018 was held at 2.30 pm in Seminar Hall, Department of Social Work, Bharathiar University. The speaker gave conceptual clarity and along with that she narrated what is the  women’s experience in the process of ‘empowerment’ and ‘being empowered’ as against ‘disempowerment' was explained and finally the speaker underlined the idea of  empowerment as a tool and measurement index for gender and development. 
• “The Relevance of Sociology in the Contemporary World” by Professor C.Venkatachalam, Coordinator, School of Social Sciences & Head of the Department of Sociology, Periyar University, Salem on 13 July, 2018 at Department of Sociology & Population Studies, Bharathiar University focused on the importance and application of sociology as indispensable for understating and planning of society and has made great contributions to enrich human culture. 
• “The Sociological Theories in the Modern World” was presented by Professor K.GulamDasthagir,Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University on 30th July 2018 at Department of Sociology & Population Studies, Bharathiar University. The speaker emphasized the significance of sociological theories and also how it is relevant in the   postmodern society. Through his lecture, he suggested the practical ideas of theories which makes it interesting for young sociologists to read theories, eventually it helps them to have a wide range of application in dealing with the core pertinent social issues. 
• “The Right to Education (RTE) Act to the Students and Scholars of Sociology and Social Work” by Prof.Dr.TattwamasiPaltasingh,Department of Sociology, SambalpurUniversity, Odisha on 04 September, 2019 at Seminar Hall, Department of Social Work, Bharathiar Universityinitiated to make a conceptual clarity of the Rightto Education (RTE) Act, 2009 and SarvaShikshaAbhiyan and also highlighted the drawbacks in its application in the society by various government and non-governmentalorganisations. 
• “Contours of Refugee Crisis and Srilankan Refugees in India” by Dr. Parivelan K.M., Associate Professor,  Nodal Centre of Excellence for Human Rights Education, Centre for Statelessness and Refugee Studies, School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance,Tata Institute of Social Sciences on 09 March, 2020 at Seminar Hall, Department of Social Work ,Bharathiar University gave a conceptual understanding of  migration and also explained what are the responsible factors for happening migration across the globe along with, making the conceptual clarity for terminologies such as  Refugee, Stateless, IDP, and Asylum Seeker.

SOCIOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENTS 

Department of Sociology and Population studies at Bharathiar University give importance to the sociological engagements in the field along with the classroom learning. Keeping that in mind, the department has incorporated the field and industrial visits as the part of the curriculum activity. Through this engagement and along with the academic inputs the students will be equipped to handle the reality other than curriculum by gaining practical experience through field work. 

In 2018 December, as part of their curriculum, they had an industrial visit to the “National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj”, Telangana, which is an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Rural Development. It is a premier national centre of excellence in rural development and Panchayati Raj. Through the visit, the students had a wonderful experience of understanding the functions of NIRD as they had studied in their course Rural Sociology. 

Following the same, along with NIRD industrial visit, the students visited the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad where they got an opportunity to explore and had interaction with faculties and students. And they had spent quality time in the university library and department library as a part of the visit. 

In March, 2019 students of the Department of Sociology and Population studies had a visit to a NGO called “Gramalaya” as a part of their curriculum.  It was established in 1987 with a group of committed youths in the field of rural development. They successfully demonstrated models in the field of water, sanitation, and hygiene with various demographic conditions covering rural, urban, coastal and tribal areas and had gained an international name in the area of the sanitation for more than three decades with the support of the Government, and various other corporate groups.  This fieldwork helped the students to understand the overall working pattern of the NGO.